--part1_bc.ea994c.25cb50bc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_bc.ea994c.25cb50bc_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GAJONES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:11:36 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v67_b1.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:11:28 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA27027; Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:10:23 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:10:23 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000203104751.00981100@216.178.132.10> X-Sender: crilley@216.178.132.10 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 10:47:51 -0600 Old-To: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com From: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [GAJONES] James Resent-Message-ID: <YVtj2C.A.HmG.-Zbm4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/410 X-Loop: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GAJONES-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-11.rootsweb.com id JAA27027 Copied with persmission from =93History of Jones Co., GA=94 by Carolyn White Williams (Typed for us by Barbara S.) JAMES In the lower part of Jones County, six miles south of Gray, on the line between=20 Davidson and Burden=92s Districts, on the Georgia RR between Macon and Camak= =20 is James, Ga., Jones County. The population has never exceeded about 140 an= d=20 most of the residents are related. (1957) James=92 first inhabitants were the Indians of the Creek tribe. Many Indian relics,=20 such as arrowheads, bits of pottery and beads attest to the fact that Indians were=20 here and the Indian trail came through this place before the white men came and=20 was used as a road, later. A fork off the Garrison Road leads from a mile southeast of Cumslo and a mil= e=20 and a half southwest of James crossed the Ocmulgee at Tarver=92s Site according to=20 an early map, this Indian Trail was called =93Tusco-Meco Path.=94 The old Clinton and Gordon road crossed what is now the Georgia RR about 150= =20 yards to the north of the present crossing of the RR and followed its present route,=20 except at Morton=92s it made a direct line to Clinton, a road which is nonexistent=20 today. James was founded after the Georgia RR came through. This RR was in process= =20 of construction for many years from prior to the Civil War until its completion in=20 1871. Tom WOOLFOLK, Sr. owned all of this land and the first flagstop was=20 call Woolfork. Lemuel JAMES was engaged in bridge construction for this RR, bought some of=20 this Woolfolk land and he and his wife Mary E. CHADWICK built a home here. =20 Soon a post office was built, a depot and telegraph office. The RR official= s=20